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'VOLUME XXXVII. LAURENS9 SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1922.NUBR3,HOUSE PAS8ESSOLDI[R BOMUS BILLBill Passes House by BigMajorityNOW GOESTO THE SENATE-Soldier lionuls Bill lPasses 'NaltionialHouse of liepresentat i vesi and Now(oes to Senate. South Caroilinalepresenfttives Iith One ExceptionVote Aye.Washington, March 23.--The $ 1,000,400,000 soldiers' boiis. bII was passed'tonight by, the '1oulse by an overwhelmning majority. It new !goes tothe senate, where its fate is regardedas uncertain.The vote was 333 to 70, or 61 morethan the two-thirds majority necessary for passage of the measure un(er- the parliamentary proceduire selected by Rcublicanl lad.rs for the(xI.ressed purpose of pr rventing theDemocrats from offering 'a motion torecommit.Party lines disappeared both in thegeneral debate and oi the final rollcall, 243 Republicans, 90 Democratsand one Soci'alist supilorting the billand 42 Republicans and 28 ,Democratsvoting against it. As passed 'by thehouse the bonus bill would provide forimnmc(liate cash payments to veterans-whose adjusted service upaw would notexceed $50, and woul I give the otherveterans the option of .these four.plans -Adjusted service certificates, withIrovisions authorizing loans by banksin the first threo years after next(Octdber 1, and -by the governmentthereafter; the certifliates to run for20 years and 'to have a face value at,naturity of the amount of the adjustedservice credit at the rate of $1.00 perday for doniestic service and $1.25 perday -for foreign service, increhsed by25 per cent., Lplus interest at the rateof 4 1-2 per cent., compondgd annutrIy.Vocational training paid after January 1, 1923, at -the rate of $1.75 a day,however, 40 peu cent of the ajustedservice credit.Farm and Home AidFarm and home aid under whichveterans may purchase or inlprovefarms or homes twould be, paid nfterJuily 1, 1923, a stum equal to their adjusted service credit increased by 25per cent.Land scftlement uinder which landswould be reclaimed under tile suipervision of a special board and farmunits established for'sale to the veteranls at 1 price fixed 1by the boarn,less the amount of the adjusted service credit due time purchasers.In only two important particularsdoes this measure differ from tile onepassed by tile house two years agoanid that was alelved in the senatelast July. The original casn bonusoption was elimin'ated and the banklean provision of tihe 'adjusted servicecertificate title substituted.Not since thme war (lays hlad th~ehouse galleries been jaimmed as theywere today from the' time Speaker,:Gillett's gnavel fell at 11 a. mn., untilthe laqt vote had been cast as theshades of evening gat~hered. And notin many years had such scenes beenenacted on the floor, where there *equently was an t.rdar iwith alternateapliause, laughter and tears.Like the house itself, the gallerieswore proubonus and supp)orters of thebill were frequently applauded. But thegreatest lapplatuso was not for a proponent, but an opponent, the membersand many of the eleotators rising andtendering an ovation to "Uncle Joe"Cannon as the grizzled 'holder of theAmerican rec.ord for length of legissative service amrose in ithe day to deliver a two minute speech in whichhie declared ,that the men who servedin .the World War owed that service 'totheir country,Five Hours of DiscussionIn all there'-was slightly niore thanfive hours of dischasion with 175 ofthe 436 members, taking part in it.'Transcripts of their' remariks wouldEII about two ordinary sised newspapers, Many of theIn 'were Qn'{tldteoet only a minute. or'.two -or throbbut~ the house gavd -unaninious con0 o41~1 enembQ to extend .theiru iiig te neOxt fly dayas n4ieitionisha t s tlt 1nindd'4trindthat ttWife -prohI. M. 31THOMASON DEADWell knownt Farmer of Trinity RidgeSection Pled of Pieumionia Moiinay.W. M. Thomason, .well known farmer living on the old Teague 1place Inthe Trinity Ridge section, -passed,oway Monday ahortly after t welveo'clock following about three weeks'illness of pncumnonila. For a few daysprior to hIs death his physician andfamily held out hopCs for his recovCry as he showed distinct signs of improvelent, iut Sund'ay night he had arelapse and steadily grew weaker inftil the end the following day.The .funcral services were held atC(hestnu t Ridge church yesterday afternoon. The services were conducted by Rev. C. W. Watson, pastor of theMethodlist church at Grxay Court, assisted by Rev. Davis, pastor of Chestnut Ridge llaptist church. The deceased was a member of Trinity Methodistchurch.Mr. Thomason was a native of theFairview section of Greenville countyand moved to the Trinity Ridge seetion several years ago after having resided In the Princeton community forbome time. lie married -Miss KateMcCuen, daughter of Mr. l. B. Mc2en, formerly of Princeton but nowresident of Williamston, -and sister>f 'Mr. W. R. McCuen, of this city. She,with four boys, the eldest of -whom is12 years of age, besides his motherInd several brothers and sisters, sur'ive him. He was 10 years of age.UAND SCORIES HITlExcelllenit Impressions Made by WattsMills Hand After First App(ranceof the Season. IThe Watts .M-ills Concert Bandscored a big "hitt" last -Saturday af;ernoon, when it made its first pubIc appearance in *Laurens since theiew year, rendering a concert on themblic square.The band Is composed of 33 pieges,Ind all of its members arc activelymgaged 'li work at the mill. Al.hough entirely an amateur organizalon, the selections Saturday were nyelliI to standards set by professionalbands, according to comments ofnusical critics.Under the leadership of Director W.3. Nickerson, who fol- several yearsvas associated wilth Sousa's Band,he Watts Mills Band has cgrne-anmviable reutation as a musical <4Tanization and those associated withhe band are proud .of its record.According to plans w'hich are being'ormulated, concerts will be givenseveral times a month by the band,>oth on the public square and In the)pera House. Concerts are also givenivery Sunday afternoon at the WattsWills.Candidate for Clinton MayorW. -11. Simpson, merchant of Clin.on, has announced himself as a canidate for mayor of that city, accordng to an annoucement in the last isme of The Clinton Chronicle. Mr.Bimpson Is a brothyr of Marion J.Simpson, ticket agent here, and hasiany friends -hero Interested in lisrace. Mayor Copeland, the incumbent,las not made any annoulncement as tohis iA-ans yet, 'but .it is generally unlersqtood that he will offer for re-eectIon.State Aid ReceivedCounty *Treasurer . Rosa D. Youngreported last M!onday morning thath~e had received $10,200 from StateSuperintendent of Eiducation 3. il.Swearingen, this being 't'he total of thlesuim requested in a4plications forstate aid of the rural graded schoolsin thia county,ised to 'be exceedingly bulky.,Opening ,the debate, Chairmian.Fordney explained the bill in detail andconcluded with the declaration thlatIn -practically every state wherei the'bonus had -been put to a vote it hadbeen aplroved 'by a ,large majorityand that of the ten . states 'that hadvoted a esh 'bonus, "not one -wassouth of the Mtason and 'Dixon line."' Among tile 90 Denmocrats voting forwere: Almon, Bankchead, Barkley,-Byrnes of iMonth. Oarotinu, ,Cantroll,Crisp, 'Doughton, Dr'ane, Fiher, Fulmaer, Hahimer, Huddlestoh, Jeffers ofAlabama, Johnhoff gf. Koeitucky, Linkford, -Larsen of Georgia, Lee of Georgia, 'Logain, 'Lyon, .Mo~wain, OverAtreet, Park of. Georse; Voug Omith*lok, 0teagall, etedman, Steeon,01oI, 1'yon, 'Uthqwr VMason, Weaver1&#and :Wrient,FATAL ACCIDENTAT WATTS MILLSJack Aldrich, Elecirieal Woi-ker, Deadof Injuries Received Whle Instaill.lng Macehi(bry.Jack Aldrich, aged 30 years, of Forrest City, N. C., while at work installing machinery at the Watts Mills lastThursday shortly before noon, wasfearfully mangled when his clothesbecame entangled in shafting whereh'e was working and as a result of hisinjuries he died ahout a half hourlater. Inl addition to the injuries received by being caught in the machinerV,' lie rxas shocked by contactwith a high voltage electric wire.'Phe exact maininer of his (leath i.not kniown as no one was present inlthe same rooi when the accident occurred. \Vorknicj ov-erhead heard hiscrics'for help and rushed down to hisassistance, but before the machineryor electric current could be cut off hewas already beyond human aid.Ir. Aldrich was in the employ of aGreenville elce-tri.al contracting firmaid hvad been on this job about twomonths. It is said that the job iwasabout comlelted and he had alreadymade his arrangenents for leavingWhenl the fatal accident occurred.Have Not, Given BondLuther Timmons and Monroe Willard, convicted of manslaughter andsentenced to ten years at hard laborduring the last session of criminalcourt in connection with the death ofCity Policeman Hlosea Martin, are stillin the couity jail. They were grantedbond in the sum of $5,000 each byJudge Wilson .pending an appeal to111e supreme court, but yesterday theyhad not provided the bond. Their attorneys have made no announcementof any clange in their 1plans to perieetthe appeal to the suprome court. Onaecount of the insecurity of the jail,Sheriff Reid has had a night guard putrn for the past few weeks at his ownexpenise.PUSHING COTTON CAMPAIGNAbout 1,200 Bides Signed Up in 'ThlisCounty for Cotton Marketing.Around 1,200 bales have -been signedj-) in tills county for tie cotton marketing association, according to fiyurcsDompiled by 'Mr. J. S. Craig, countychairman, and Mir. C. Tj. Vnughan,,ounty demonstrator. M r. Vaughansaild 1e expected to sign i) over athoind bales In the vicinity of Clilton just as soon a3 lie iL able to go over the territory there.Mril. Andrew Urlamlet'. Z'':.!t~ict SuPervisor, is expected in 'the coulty WedInesday nd Thursday of this week andwill -assist the couniy tcnumn1ratorin making a calvas of large cotton4rowers.OVElIITURNED AUTOIILLS YOUNG MANPiil Drummond Loses Life NearFountalit Inn1. XNeck Brokent byWrecked Car.Fountain Inn, March 26.-PaulDr'ummond, 25 years old, son of Mr.andl Mirs. M. M. Drummnond of thistowvn, -was almost instantly killedLbout 11. o'clock this morning on the 'Laurens-Greenvillec higlhway about twomilos below here when tile iroadster iniwhlich lie wg.s iding with Arthur Wittturned 'turtle and pinned 'him againsta bank, .breaking his neck. His comn- Ipuanion, who was driving the cair at thetime of the accident escaiped unhurt,althloughl the automobile was domnolished.Mr. Wltt, according to informationhere 'tonight, lost control of the car.No inquest twas necessary.Tho funoral wvill 'be held nt 4 o'clocktomorrow afternoon, filowed by interment in Fountain Inn cemetery.Besides his -parents Mr'. 'Drummondls survived by three 'brot'hors and foursisters: Sam Drumimond of FountainInn, and Mack and Robert il]rummond,of Charlotto; Mrs. JLola Woismer, ofGr'eenville; .Miss Combie Drummondl,Oharlotte; and Mrs.- Salio 'Phillips andMlrs. D. C. Rogers, of Fountain Inn.Mills Play BlallTPhe Watts Mills ball team will playthe first gamne of .the season next Satur'day on their 3iotne grounds withthe Judson Mills. 'The game will becalled at 3:30 IP, p .Minstrel at 1PrinoetonA ,minstrel will be' given by theschool boys at Princeto} soihool hous~eon 8a'turday evenitng, April '1, begid.ning a~t 7:30 o'clook, Admission willbe fifteen ane. twontf-(ve' cents. 1henubl-ic in 4ntited to oAtnd.CONTI'EST ANI) 31U1SICIN C007IT HOU'SE FIDAYl'nille Is fnited to Prelilinary Ornforical Afflir of igh S-hool.A prelimilla'ry contest Will be ldehlPriday night, Mar'ch 31st, at 8 o'clock,inl tile (our1't house, to select represen -tatives of the LauOrelens high school forthe anliill Couity high school declanlia tioni ald recitation contest.The contests this year VlIl be hehlin this city on April 7, and stroigfforkt are beiig imle by every high(lool in the county to take a leadingPart in the annual event.ParIticipatilig ill the prelimillaryrecitation contest for the Lauirens highclool will be: Ru1lby Todd, Nell Ch'eek,Kathe rine Hicks, Alabel Cu I lbertsoni,ilnCes Knight, INI'gire't Knight,ulini "Mildred 'France. The tvo boysWho are to represent the school inhe declamation contests m-ill be1hosen from the following: Roy Gas[on, Rtothwell Finley, Thomas Wof1ord and J. C. Pnson.A mitisical program has been ar'ranged by the school for Friday nightind irediction for the evening ishat, with imisic and oratory, the pib- Iic which is cordially invited to come,vill have a most (pleasant evening.ANOTHER ACCIDENT AT WATTSP'. L. Ie0lnins, of Charlotte, PainfullyThough Not Seriously Injured.The second accident in the WattsMills within the week occurred yeserday, when C. L. Hellams, of Charotte, was injured while trying to;hift a belt fromn one pulley to anAther.Mr. Iellains' injuries, while not conddered serious by the physicians 'whoittended him, were painful, his leftLI-rm1 being burnt fr0111 the friction ofhe belt. Mr. Hellams is 33 years oldLnd in the employ of a Charlotte, N.., contracting firm.JURY ADDS TO MARTIN FUNDIrand Jury at Last Tierml of CourtContributed $7.25 to Hosea MartinFund.The Hosea Miartin fund has beenLtugiiented by $13.50 since the last retort published by The Advertiser. The,,rand jury serving at the last term ofoirt made lip a contribution of $7.25o the fund, \Ir. *W. Carl Wharton hasubseribed $5.00 and Mr. T. B. 3lc)anicl has handed in $1.25. The lastained item .was derived from theale of ai old automobile tire owned'oy the late ol11cer and turned over to'he Advertiser.The sum ne1w in hand amounts to172.50. The Advertiser would be,lad ;to receive further contributions>efore the list is closed.bEV. W1. it. HIDISONTO ADDRESS CONGREGATIONIas BUeel Misslomnry Inl Chinit MoreThan 20 Years.Rev. W. H. 'Hudson, 'who has been anissionary in China for more thanwenty years, will address the congretation of the First PresbyterianThurch next Sunday morning at .11'clock. 'lie wvill also speak in the4berty Springs church, in Cross 11111,sunday evenIng at 7:30 o'clock.Rev. C. T. Squires stated yesterday.hat ha heard Mr. Hudson about tenrears ago at a imissionary conventionn Lenoir, N. C., and that in the adlress Mr. .H-udson made at that time,1c agave his audience nun insIght into,ho social and religious conditionswhichi existed in Ohina, from the tipoint>f view ot the Christian statesman.l'ho subject of the Chinese people ismn InterestIng one, Rev. Squires stat3d, and is healt iwith by M3r. Hudsonn a broad manner. The .publIc is Inirited to hear him both at the Presbyterian church in Laurens and at CrossREV. HIOLMIS HONOREDPreacheos Farewell Sermon at UnionMeeting Sunday.As a mark of esteem from the ninhaters of the city. tQ Rev. Wilnmot S.Riolmes, a 'union meeting was held inthe Baptist church last Sunday evenlng.Before the -fareweHl sermon waspreached by Rev, Holmes, he 'was honmcred by each of the mInisters of thecity, who' #pok9 briefly of the service that Rev. Holmes had renderedthe city of liaurens during his sisyhero.Among the ministers present -at theservices were the Ttey. S. IH. Templeman, Rev. C, T, Squires, Ney. .P. '.Kitgo and the AY, Gtraves I, Knight.lit Ills Ii 11 l ii ('lin n 111 Satuil urd1a1)fiorniing.WV. 'I. \\'atts, former01 cor'oner of theCoIlity anld well intowin citizel of Clinton, died at his hiome111 it Ciliton Satll-day nliornilit after an illinss ofahmoitt three weie;s. The deceased wasM year-s of : all deat vas (lutlare o> co.,llicatiol, ilt-ident to(ld ageC.The fulnral ser\ices were held Suni(lay aften'ltoont it { linlton', inter me it.takinitg place ill in th' cemetery of theP 1'e. II ' t V He t 1 ri I h ,'t. of WI I ic hIe1 hi(l oi I,; bven a memllber.The de(!.tth of .\V. \\'atts,- I't:nored anAlther onle of the rapidily thinning linf!1f grl clad Soldiers of tie ('onfederacy. It was related of him that whelthe \itr ol' Secession a11 OPlared imminient, .1\1'. Watts, whIo 'hlad thenl beenliving it Ar!Wusas for several years,packed hI; belongings on ia two-horsewa1;gon1 an1d r'etilrled overland to hisative stte, enlidstintg inI one of' thesta-ly regiments. Ite fought gallantly in tie wari and retturid at its*Iose to take tip the pursuits of peacen Is niative county.liesides taking an active interest in>ublic affairs, serving as coroner or.Ie tcouity at one time, tite deceasedvas an active church worker as anember of the Fi rst Presbyterianhurch of Clinton.lie Is sirvived by one son, T. M.Watts, of Columbia, and three daugh.ers, Mrs. J. Ii. Burdette, Mrs. Layton,onyers and Miss Alice 'Watts.TRUSTEES MEET SATURDAYL'o Discuss Whether or Not Schoolsare to Hun Expected Time or Discoitlie When Funds are ExhaustedWhether or not the schools of the:ounty are to continue to run for the'nll tine originally int.ended when the,,ear beganl or shall close' their doorsvhien present funds are exhausted,vill 1e -the chtief question to be disissed at a meeting of school trusteessalied by Superintendent of EducationR. T Wilson to meet li the court housesaturday morning at II o'clock. Mr.W'ilsoni sex-t out notices for the meetng the first of the week and ie is ex)ecting a full attendance of trustees.According to At'. Wilson a number>! school districts have already overIrawn their accoungts withx the countyreasurer-and a large number of war-''ants Issued by -trusteds have not beentonored by tle treasurer on account ofack of funds. The state superintendmft of education has advised schoolstgailnst going into debt and Counttysuperintendjent Wilson several weeksigo -advised teachers in those schoollistr-icts iw herc accounts were overIrawnt that tiley woutld continue teachng at their Own risk and that theynight reasonably exqect a considertble delay in payment for their serIces. So far, however, no schoolsiave closed their doors at an earlierlate than originally decided upon.Among other matters to 'be discussd at thte meeting wvill be the newIchool laws -lmssedl by tihe recent gentrat assembly.NEW INSURANCE MAPSurveys of Laurens Being Made byUntderwriter Rep~lresenttitve.3x'. E. J. Tryndale, of Nowv York City,etpresenthing theo Sanbor'n Mlap Comilany, at'rived In Laur-ens last weekmd1( will be here sever'al weeks mak.ng surveys for a new fire insurancetap of the city.Trhe making of tihe map twill reqjuireifr. Tlyndale to inspect each x'esidencetmd business house within the cItylimits, so that he may make a diagramf the 'premises.Thxe last 'insurance map of Laurendwas made ten years 'ago aund sincethen the~ro htave been many fire proventative measures adopted. These wvillbe noted in tile nlow map andl may reduce .the insurance rate of tile city,.Oyster Supper at MountvilloAn oyster supper will ibe given atthe Mountville school house Fridaynight. T1he publ~o is invited to attend,Undergoes Opbration'Mrs. James ,R. Davis underwent anoperation for appendicitis at a SparIanburg hospital last Friday. It isstated that the operation was successft, and that the patient Is rapidly recovering.Mro. tarl iWilson, of Gastonla, N. C.is spending some time~ in the city wiher father, Dr. L. E, Pu,1ler, and sister. Mfri. Da A. Ahvi.*ON 1MJRIINS SI.Council Again ChangesPaving PlansCONTRACT LETTO SAME FIRMCoani uns i 'nnble to I'roce i I'a ingIhrick lit lrice .1rved on nMilh Conl.I r(.1or and14 ( 'oniareie .\%t'reed on inkV ivi' (If I Iinv rea sed ( *osI of H rich.An'oth 11 aae m tlIhe plans forf. avin' lur(i trel was made by'ily coiuicil lolday nighl wlell it wasdecided to Iuse coI cIret i Id II ofbrick on this lhoroughf'are. Aftera dramatic dis.cussiona of tile affair, thecon tralt was awarded to the Generalltoad, Drai nage and Construiction Compally, of Columbia, which held the'contract for the 'brick paVing.The council faced a dilemma whenit was discovered last week that thecity ,would be unable to buy pavingbrick at a price (mioted to it severalmonths ago. Thinking -that the brickwould still be available at the quotedprice, the city, in its contract withthe contracting firm, made it a partof the contract to furnish the brick.Last week, when it was found that thebrick could not be procured at theexpected price, fihe city engineer, -Mr.N. C. Illughes, .Ir., prepared st!eciflcations for concrete -work instead ofbrick. These specifications were sentto Mr. McCrady, president of the General Road, Drainage and ConstructionlCompany and to G. C. Odiorne, ofClinton, with reqiuests that bids besubmitted for the work at the meeting Monday night..When the -matter was called ilMonday night, the city clerk read aletter from Mr. McCrady stating thathis company refused to go into a competitive bid for the proposed concreto"vork 'as his concern already had a contract for brick work on the same streetand had assembled men and materialsfor the job. lowever, the letter enclosed a price which his concern wouldmake on the concrete job, in view ofthe fact th-at the city could not iprocure the brick. This price, EngineerIlughes advised the council, appearedto be very reasonable.Alderman Smith at this point movedthat the council award the contract toMr. McCrady's concern in view of tilefact that a contract had already beennade with him and that he had already made plans to start work. Hismotion was seconded 'by Alderman Irvin. At this point Mr. Ordiorno arrived. After heng given informationas to nyhat stage the council hadreached in the proceedings, lie saidthat lie would not care to place hisbid before council unless lie knewthat the bids were to be acte d upon.Mr. Smith then pressed his motion apidit was carried by acclamation. Tihemayor, being asked to vote on the(inestioni, v'oted to suiport the Smithmotion. Mfr. Odiorne then retired fromthe meeting.Mr. Hughes, speaking of the relative cost of 'brick and concrete yesterday, said that the cost of 'pavingLaurens street wvith brick under thenew prices wvhich the city would havebeen -forced to pay, would have boon'about $300 more than first estimatedandl that the 'cost of the concrete, asbid 'lby Mr. McCrady, was a'bout $230more than the original 'brick bid andabout $300 less than the estimatedcost under the neny' brick prices,On pectition of citiz.ens of SouthH-arper street, a resolution was adopted .providing for the extension of the'water line on South Hlauper street tothe city limits.After acting on other routine matters, council adjourned.R~e-Elected Abbeville MayorAt -the primary election held inAbbeville last week Mr. J. Moore Marawas again nominated to head the administration in .that city. Mr. Mars,who married Miss Imogene Wilkes,daughter of Mr. El.'H. Wilkes of thiscity, has already served severaV termsas. mayor of Abbevilie and swa% renominated last. week without by i'tion. The financial conditin,'t'&city Is 'said to 'be in a sl~idition, due to the sound 'businea~1.g'of the mayor anid board oftialder-.man.